[Free transplantation of skin, underlying fatty tissue and muscle after traumatic loss (author's transl)].

Large extended defects of the soft parts can be covered by free transplantation of the skin and the underlying fatty tissue with the aid of microsurgical techniques. Likewise lacking functionally important muscle areas as the forearm flexor are restored by the free transplanted latissimus dorsi muscle with good function as described in this paper. Indications, operative possibilities, surgical techniques and clinical results are presented and discussed in respect of own case reports.